The path to conversion, the door to God's mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas ...

Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal legacy.

In all the papal basilicas, the official document of closing the Holy Door has been deposited along with the key to the door and several pontifical medals from the last sealing. The pope closed the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica late Monday, as the Vatican claimed success after more than 33 million people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV (L)presides over the Holy Mass of the Epiphany of the Lord and the rite of the Closing of the Holy Door at the Altar ...

On a pilgrimage to Rome during this Jubilee Year of Hope, the experience of walking through holy doors transformed my thinking about doors in general. I began to focus less on their physicality and ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on Tuesday, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. The ...

As Christians and gift lovers across the globe excitedly prepare to celebrate Christmas in just a few days, some Catholics are growing anxious, as the Holy Doors will be sealed up again that very same ...

On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of 2025 ...